Thursday, May 19, 2011

Red Sevens, Singapore's first competitive paintball team will be conducting a basic paintball course on 5 June 2011 at Red Dynasty Paintball Park.

If you are new to the game and would like to know more about playing competitive paintball, this course is just for you.

Red Sevens was formed in 2006 with the intention of promoting competitive paintball in Singapore. Since formation, the team has travelled to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, India and Taiwan for regional paintball tournaments. The team was placed 2nd overall position in the Division 2 Malaysia Paintball Official Circuit (MPOC) in 2010 and awarded the best international team by the MPOC in the same year.

In 2008, Red Sevens was invited to the Asia Invitational NPPL Open Division in Desaru as the only Singapore team. In 2009, Red Sevens was invited to Kao Hsiung, Taiwan for the World Games 2009 Division 1 Exhibition Game. Red Sevens also won the Division 2 Pattaya International Paintball Championship held in Thailand in 2010.

In 2011, the Red Sevens participates in the Division 2 tournament of the MPOC 2011 and PALS 2011.

The Basic Paintball Course will focus on competitive paintball with emphasis on paintball safety and proper marker (paintball gun) handling.

Basic Paintball Course participants will be undergoing the following techniques:

- Paintball Safety

- Paintball Rules and Regulations

- Field Communication

- Marker Handling

- Shooting Posture

- Game skirmish with Red Sevens (if time permits)

Venue: Red Dynasty Paintball Park

Date: 5 June 2011 (Sunday)

Time: 10 am - 2 pm

Cost: $60.00 per pax

All participants will be given 2 pods of paintballs (about 300 paintballs) for shooting practices/skirmishes + Red Sevens stickers. Payment for the course to be made in cash at Paintballers World located in One Commonwealth Building, 1 Commonwealth Lane, #03-03.

The Singapore Paintball Series (SPS) will be organizing a SPS Referee Level 1 Certification for individuals who are interested to officiate paintball tournaments in Singapore. This certification course will be conducted by the SPS Referee Committee headed by Mr. Azhar who is the SPS Head Referee since 2010.

The SPS Referee Level 1 Certification will be a pre-requisite certification for AsiaRef Level 1 Certification which will be held in September 2011.

Zachary Hagy commonly known as "Muffin" to the local paintball scene joins the Singapore Paintball Series (SPS) as a coaching staff. Zachary who is from Florida, USA started playing competitive paintball since 2007 and has participated in National events such as the NPPL and the PSP. Zach represented University of Missouri and St Louis HuSTle Division 2 team before the team was promoted to Division 1 in PSP 2011. Zach plays in the snake position and was part of the Red Sevens (Singapore) when he was studying in the Singapore American School (SAS) a few years ago. During his tenure with the SPS, Zachary will oversee the coaching of Singapore Polytechnic paintball team and to assist the SPS to develop paintball at school level. Zachary will also be involved in the planning of a coaching syllabus for beginners.